Turkey Countdown: 7 Days

Thanksgiving side dishes; Photo from the NY Times

Thanksgiving is a little more than a week away, and Gothamist is gearing up for the best holiday of the year. (Why is it the best holiday? Because there's no gift-giving, people usually come together, and it involves ridiculous amounts of yummy comfort foods.) Our stomach growled a little louder this morning as we read the 12 Thanksgiving side dish recipes from different chefs in the Times today. Here they are:

Sausage Stuffing With Caramelized Onions from Tom Colicchio of Gramercy Tavern and Craft; Braised Brussels Sprouts With Pancetta and Toasted Bread Crumbs from Suzanne Goin of Lucques and A.O.C, Los Angeles; Mashed Sweet Potatoes With Maple Syrup and Chipotles from Bobby Flay, Bolo and Mesa Grill; Corn Pudding With Herb-Braised Chanterelles and Spicy Greens from Charlie Palmer of Aureole; Creamed Red and White Pearl Onions With Bacon from Barbara Lynch of No. 9 Park, Boston; Roasted Parsnips With Orange Zest from David Pasternack of Esca; Wild Rice With Mushrooms, Cranberries and Walnuts from Alfred Portale of Gotham Bar and Grill; Roasted Maple-Glazed Baby Carrots With Dried Grapes from Chris Schlesinger of East Coast Grill, Cambridge, Mass.; Jerusalem Artichoke Pancakes from Michael Romano of Union Square Cafe; and Mixed Mushroom and Sweet Potato Stuffing from Charlie Trotter of Charlie Trotter's, Chicago.

We're going to spend Thanksgiving with friends in family in the NY Metro area (Brooklyn, NJ); what are you doing?

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By Jen Chung in Food on November 19, 2003 9:37 AM

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Dietsch

Thanks, Ari. I have a long shopping list now; may be time to try out FreshDirect!

Ari

Dietsch

Your plans sound terrific I'm glad this year will be even better than the last for you. Enjoy! I'm sure you will be a wonderful host.

Dietsch

Last year was my first Thanksgiving in New York (having just moved from Indiana), and I spent it alone, which was much less depressing than I thought it would be.

This year, though, my girlfriend and I are hosting a small dinner party for friends. I've never hosted for Thanksgiving, so I'm excited.

jamie

jen, thanks for your advice. i also forgot to mention that our parents don't own a computer. i'm not sure that applies to anything your said, but it does somehow make everything scarier.

onwisc92

So excited... will be having thanksgiving in Memphis (yes, bbq turkey is on the menu!) and then off to Nooooh York City for the long weekend... Looking for suggestions of places to eat lunch downtown (Soho/Village)...

Ari

Yes well... I make the pilgrimage from the UES to Tenafly annually. You know the hood?

Andrew

Tenafly represent!

Though, I'll be in the exotic and faraway land known as the Upper East Side, for a change this year...

janelle

i'll be dining at a friend's in bay ridge, and possibly also my boss' in carrol gardens... if i could, i'd pass on the turkey to have thanksgiving kielbasa in warsaw with the fiance

Ari

Tenafly, New Jersey. The epicenter of the Northeast - mwah ha ha I can just hear your seething jealousy.

dahl

I, on the other hand, will not be going to Pittsburgh for the first time in 4 years - for that matter, I don't think my family has ever had Thanksgiving at our own home. So this year, I'm thankful that my mom's friend is getting married next weekend and therefore my aunt and uncle get to make the wonderful 8 hr car ride instead of us.

Jen

That is a bit scary. Good luck! And take walks to get out of the house. And bring a journal to scribble all your complaints in. What else...oh, and an MP3 player/Discman so you can listen to music and tune people out, a good book to bury your head in, and a sunny disposition and the knowledge you're not there for longer than the holidays. Holidays are always loaded times. I'm seeing going to my aunt and uncle's house in NJ, which is relaxing compared with the insanity of going to Hong Kong, where my parents now live (as well as 75% of relatives on both sides of the family), during Christmas. And I only mean insanity in the best sense of the word.

jamie

i'm returning to the homeland (pittsburgh) for the first time in 4 years. my brother is returning for the first time in many more than that. i feel like we're willingly putting ourselves into a lifetime movie of the week script. i am very scared.